I believe we have been sitting comfortably under the protection of NATO for too many years.
The people are accustomed to peace and quiet, spending big on military is generally unpopular with large parts of the population because the USA do it anyway. I think it will need a larger wake up call to make people understand these serene times are ending, probably when russia sets its eyes on the next former possession.
We must protect ourselves, we cannot rely on the states keeping us safe any more, they have become increasingly politically polarized and weary of their global police role, which is also affecting their foreign policies. While Biden and the democrats are probably a reliable ally as before, the ruspublicans with trump have shown that they are not.
I didn’t say that they would, just that they very well might try to pull the same on another country they believe they have historical claim to, possibly one that would be more strategically threatening to the west. And that we should be prepared for the next time, so we can provide better military aid, quicker, and in competitive quantities.
But they already HAD the weapons to send to Ukraine at the start of the Russian invasion. They just didn’t send them. Only recently did Ukraine get their long desired fighter jets.
EU and America just stalled until Russia was able to build up their weapons factories. If they sent Ukraine the weapons they needed at the beginning this would have never gone on for so long.
This is like the Uvalde police waiting outside the school shooting and saying “we need more funding” afterwards.
The US allegedly spent a billion dollars intercepting these missiles.
Meanwhile, Ukraine is all out of air defense and only Germany seems to be sending an extra patriot on the short-term.
As a European, I think the wakeup call is to start taking European security more seriously, since the USA seems to have other priorities.
I believe we have been sitting comfortably under the protection of NATO for too many years.
The people are accustomed to peace and quiet, spending big on military is generally unpopular with large parts of the population because the USA do it anyway. I think it will need a larger wake up call to make people understand these serene times are ending, probably when russia sets its eyes on the next former possession.
We must protect ourselves, we cannot rely on the states keeping us safe any more, they have become increasingly politically polarized and weary of their global police role, which is also affecting their foreign policies. While Biden and the democrats are probably a reliable ally as before, the ruspublicans with trump have shown that they are not.
This is just EU fearmongering to sponsor the Military industrial complex. Russia will not attack a NATO country. That’s a lot different than Ukraine.
I didn’t say that they would, just that they very well might try to pull the same on another country they believe they have historical claim to, possibly one that would be more strategically threatening to the west. And that we should be prepared for the next time, so we can provide better military aid, quicker, and in competitive quantities.
But they already HAD the weapons to send to Ukraine at the start of the Russian invasion. They just didn’t send them. Only recently did Ukraine get their long desired fighter jets.
EU and America just stalled until Russia was able to build up their weapons factories. If they sent Ukraine the weapons they needed at the beginning this would have never gone on for so long.
This is like the Uvalde police waiting outside the school shooting and saying “we need more funding” afterwards.
Russia probably won’t attack a NATO country. But this entire world between definitely and probably
Well, let’s see the results from the US House this week. Chances are that Ukraine aid will pass.